The US and Britain interests in Yemen were always vital because of its proximity to the Bab al Mandab Strait... there was no point in controlling the Suez Canal if you did not control the Bab al Mandab.

So fear and lust both prompted Saddam to act militarily. Though 80% of Iraq’s population is Arab but 51% is also Shia, which gives it a slight majority over the Sunnis. And if this Shia population decided to stand with Khomeini that would be an utter disaster for Saddam’s Iraq.

This story is about the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) – a group that brought about the Arab Spring in Libya and in doing so the story will take us to the facts how it has played its part in making terrorism an inevitable global phenomenon.

Turkish-backed militants have rejected laying down their arms or surrendering the territory under their control in Syria’s Idlib Province after Russia and Turkey said they had agreed to set up a buffer zone in the regionSep 23, 2018

Russia appears to be already moving closer to a plan to ditch the dollar with reports emerging that more of its biggest oil companies are already preparing to settle payments in other currencies in transactions with clientsSep 23, 2018

Under a new proposal from the administration of US President Donald Trump, immigrants in the United States who get government benefits like housing vouchers or food stamps could be denied a green card, which are granted to legal permanent residentsSep 23, 2018

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has urged Israel to provide further explanations on the deadly crash of a Russian military plane,resulting deaths of 15 Russian servicemen; in the Syrian province of Latakia, which was shot down as a result of the Israeli pilots’ unprofessional actionsSep 21, 2018

European leaders pushed back against UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan, calling on London to rework some of the crucial proposals it has made as part of a plan for the country’s withdrawal from the blocSep 21, 2018

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the United States is playing unfairly and imposing sanctions on buyers of Russian weapons, and on people associated with the Russian military, in order to squeeze out competitors in the global arms marketSep 21, 2018

Iran has criticized the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for allowing Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to turn the body into a “tool in the hands of the US.”Sep 16, 2018